Rick Graves wrote:
John,
I think the error that I encountered earlier this week was because I am now blocked from accessing the main CentOS mirror.
At any rate, today I tried a different mirror, and at least yum would run.
I am still on the RH9 X install.
I tried yum update, and got this:
Resolving dependencies .......Unable to satisfy dependencies Package mozilla-psm needs mozilla = 37:1.4-3.0.18, this is not available. Package mozilla-psm needs mozilla-nss = 37:1.4-3.0.18, this is not available.
Can you shed anly light on this?
There will be cases which need special handling. I think mozilla-psm is now included in the core mozilla package. If the new mozilla does not have the correct tags to tell yum that mozilla-psm can be removed then you have have to remove it manually beforehand.
These are the kinds of tasks which we need documented.
I was also thinking, it might be possible to create dummy packages which provide these kinds of dependencies so you can add the dummy module to your yum.conf and then it will be more automatic. There are others on the list that know more about yum than me and might have some ideas.
John.
Thanks,
Rick
--- John Newbigin jn@it.swin.edu.au wrote:
Rick Graves wrote:
John,
I took another look at your migration page. I
have
two questions.
- It seems the errata support only applies to
moving
from RHEL3 to CentOS-3 -- correct?
And RHEL2.1 to CentOS-2.
- The Live Update option does not apply to moving
off
RedHat 9, but does apply to moving off RedHat 7.2?
Live update from RH9 -> CentOS-3.1 should work. See this page for details:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=276534
I think I will try a Live Update on my test bench
RH 9
system.
As you pointed out before, there is no big rush.
On
the other hand, the value of this information
dimishes
over time, as there is no point in making the information available after everyone on the planet
has
upgraded from the RedHat versions to something
else. True.
Looking at your migration page again made me
realize
that the Live Update option is high risk.
Obviously,
someone who cares about they systems would choose
Live
Update as a last choice. Clean new install on
extra
hardware seems to be the best way to go.
Indeed, but I have some old boxes running 7.2 which I have not got round to upgrading yet. If the procedure was as easy as running a single shell script I might be more inclined to update it.
Did you look at my updated web page? (it was only updated yesterday). I have also started a diagram to show the distro family tree. Feedback is welcome. You will need http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/ to view it.
John.
Thanks,
Rick
--- John Newbigin jn@it.swin.edu.au wrote:
Rick Graves wrote:
John,
I did not hear back from you right away. Maybe
doing
all the combinations is too big a job for one
person.
It might work if we split them up.
Details of each procedure should be split up but
we
need somewhere to collect all the info. I don't think we need to
rush
it.
I started a web page to collect my ideas
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/centos-2/migration.htm
Obviously it is just a start. I thinking a semi intelligent 'wizard' where you select your current OS and either acceptable upgrade methods OR target OS and it will spit out the procedure.
Each procedure could have a forum where people can contribute feedback, like they do with the php manual.
I think a plan of attack is to collect information while we wait for the new web site to appear. Hopefully that will minimize duplication of effort.
I could do these two:
RedHat 9 -> reinstall CentOS-3.1 RedHat 9 -> live update to CentOS-3.1
I think this will be a popular procedure so it
would
be good to have this well documented. I know there is some information on this already though I have not tried it out.
Another thing I might have a play with is a family tree. That might help people see the differences between versions.
John.
I am volunteering for these because I already
have
RedHat 9 and CentOS-3.1 CD's.
The only rub is on Saturday I go on vacation, and
at
the end of August I will be back to where I have
my
computer junk. I could do those two in early September.
Any other volunteers for any of the other combinations?
My offer to work it all into the web site still stands.
Rick
--- Rick Graves gravesricharde@yahoo.com wrote:
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 06:13:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Graves gravesricharde@yahoo.com Subject: Re: migration center To: centos@caosity.org
John,
Would you like to take a first crack at the text
for
the migration center? You could then run it by
this
group.
If we get something that is good enough not to
get
shot down here, I will work it into the web
site.
If we decide to go with separate sites, the text could just be copied over, so there would be no wasted effort.
Rick
--- centos-request@caosity.org wrote:
Message: 8 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:28:57 +1000 From: John Newbigin jn@it.swin.edu.au To: centos@caosity.org Subject: Re: [Centos] suggestions for CentOS
...
I think another thing we should have is a
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